American Energy Dominance

Extracted Attributes

• Type

  Policy Concept

• Primary Goal

  Achieve energy self-sufficiency for the United States, insulate from global energy supply disruptions, reduce reliance on politically unstable regions, and strengthen economic security.

• Key Components

  Leveraging all available energy resources (including nuclear energy), streamlining permitting processes, increasing domestic production, promoting U.S. technology exports.

• Impact on Prices

  Aims to ensure stability and affordability of American energy prices.

• Controversial Aspects

  Large-scale energy infrastructure projects (e.g., pipelines), perceived as prioritizing fossil fuel production over clean energy and environmental safeguards.

• Associated Administration

  Donald Trump administration

• Broader Economic Strategy

  America First

Timeline

• US energy consumption began to be consistently higher than US energy production, a trend that continued until 2018. (Source: EIA)

  1958

• The 1973 oil crisis occurred, highlighting the vulnerability of the US to global energy supply disruptions and serving as a key event that energy independence aims to prevent. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1973

• The 1979 energy crisis occurred, another example of supply disruption that energy independence aims to prevent. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1979

• The fraction of crude oil consumed in the US that was imported peaked at 60%. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2005

• Total energy imports into the United States peaked. (Source: EIA)

  2007

• The U.S. became a net exporter of refined petroleum products. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2011-05

• The fraction of crude oil consumed in the US that was imported returned to 35%, thanks to increased domestic production from the shale oil boom. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2013

• The ban on crude oil exports from the United States was repealed. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2015

• The United States first became a net exporter of all oil products, including both refined petroleum products and crude oil. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2019-10

• The United States became a net total energy exporter, with total energy exports exceeding total energy imports. (Source: EIA)

  2019

• The U.S. became the world's largest producer of crude oil. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2021

• The US began a continuous period of being a net exporter every week, lasting through at least May 5, 2023. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022-03-11

• The National Energy Dominance Council was established to advise on strategies to achieve energy dominance by improving processes for permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation, and transportation across all forms of American energy. Executive orders were issued to unleash American energy and promote efficient permitting. (Source: Web Search, Related Documents)

  During Trump Administration

United States energy independence

United States energy independence is the concept of eliminating or substantially reducing import of petroleum to satisfy the nation's need for energy. Some proposals for achieving energy independence would permit imports from the neighboring nations of Canada and Mexico, in which case it would be called North American energy independence. Energy independence is espoused by those who want to leave the US unaffected by global energy supply disruptions and would restrict reliance upon politically unstable states for its energy security. In total energy consumption, the U.S. produces more energy than it uses. In May 2011, the U.S. became a net exporter of refined petroleum products. By 2014, the United States was the world's third largest producer of crude oil, after Saudi Arabia and Russia, and second-largest exporter of refined products, after Russia. In October 2019, the United States first became a net exporter of all oil products, including both refined petroleum products and crude oil. This was in the week ending October 18. During this week of "net exporter of all oil products, including both refined petroleum products and crude oil", "Weekly U.S. Commercial Crude Oil Imports Excluding SPR" were 5,857,000 barrels per day and exports were 3,683,000 barrels per day. In this week of "energy independence", the United States was still importing more crude oil than it was exporting. Weekly Production of Crude Oil for this week totaled 12,600,000 barrels per day. This "energy independence" occurred again during two weeks in December 2019. In 2020, this occurred in 38 weeks. It occurred 11 times in 2021 and it has occurred every week since the week ending March 11, 2022 through week ending May 5, 2023, (the most recent reporting of the EIA) 68 times. During the pandemic, weekly crude oil production dropped to a low of 9,700,000 barrels per day. As of week ending May 5, 2023, crude oil production had returned to pre-pandemic levels of 12,300,000 barrels per day. By 2021 the US was the world's largest producer. As of March 2015, 85% of crude oil imports came from, in order of decreasing volume, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Venezuela, and Colombia. Nineteen percent of imported oil came from the Middle East. The fraction of crude oil consumed in the US that was imported went from 35% immediately before the 1973 oil crisis, peaked at 60% in 2005, and then returned to 35% by 2013 thanks to increased domestic production from the shale oil boom. Beginning in the 1970s, exports of crude oil were illegal without a permit; in 2013, the United States physically exported a relatively small amount of oil, and only to Canada. The ban was repealed in 2015. Greater energy self-sufficiency, it is claimed, would prevent major supply disruptions like the 1973 oil crisis and the 1979 energy crisis. Proponents argue that the potential for political unrest in major oil suppliers, such as Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Nigeria, is abundant, and often causes great fluctuations in crude oil prices, especially in the short term. Large individual US pipelines and other fuel infrastructure and extraction projects are controversial issues in US politics.

Web Search Results

• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes the National ...

  LOWERING PRICES AND STRENGTHENING AMERICAN ECONOMIC SECURITY: Championing domestic energy production is vital both for mitigating price shocks to American families and de-risking the energy supply chain for our Nation as well as our allies. American energy dominance is the most reliable way to ensure the stability and affordability of American energy prices. Gasoline prices, as well as overall household energy prices, increased 30% under President Biden. [...] The Council will advise President Trump on strategies to achieve energy dominance by improving the processes for permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation, and transportation across all forms of American energy. It will recommend a National Energy Dominance Strategy to the President aimed at cutting red tape, enhancing private sector investments, and advancing innovation. [...] RESTORING AMERICAN ENERGY DOMINANCE: President Trump has a demonstrated track record of empowering American energy production, and will return our Nation to energy dominance.

• What does Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' do for US energy dominance?

  ### The bill sets a foundation, but one bill won’t be enough Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” represents a pivotal moment for US energy policy. Rather than serving as a final word on American energy dominance, the legislation initiates a new dialogue in Washington, DC, about how the nation’s energy system should be recalibrated to prioritize energy security—emphasizing reliability, domestic capacity, and system integration. [...] What does Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ do for US energy dominance? Sun, May 25, 2025 #### What Trump’s new executive orders mean for the US nuclear energy industry New Atlanticist By Jennifer T. Gordon The US president signed four executive orders on May 23 intended to usher in an “American nuclear renaissance.” Jennifer T. Gordon Thu, Jan 23, 2025 #### Trump’s clear path to securing US oil and gas dominance New Atlanticist By Richard L. Morningstar, Landon Derentz [...] Notably, the legislation cements nuclear energy as a foundational element in the nation’s future energy mix. Years of incremental, bipartisan support have matured into formal policy momentum. By positioning nuclear as a central pillar, the United States joins a growing global consensus on its strategic value, particularly as energy systems become more complex.

• Unleashing American Energy - The White House

  (e) Any contract or agreement between the United States and any third party on behalf of the entities or programs abolished in subsection (a) of this section, or in furtherance of them, shall be terminated for convenience, or otherwise, as quickly as permissible under the law. Sec. 5. Unleashing Energy Dominance through Efficient Permitting. (a) Executive Order 11991 of May 24, 1977 (Relating to protection and enhancement of environmental quality) is hereby revoked. [...] Sec. 9.Restoring America’s Mineral Dominance _._(a) The Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Administrator of the EPA, Chairman of CEQ, and the heads of any other relevant agencies, as appropriate, shall identify all agency actions that impose undue burdens on the domestic mining and processing of non-fuel minerals and undertake steps to revise or rescind such actions. [...] Section 1. Background_._America is blessed with an abundance of energy and natural resources that have historically powered our Nation’s economic prosperity. In recent years, burdensome and ideologically motivated regulations have impeded the development of these resources, limited the generation of reliable and affordable electricity, reduced job creation, and inflicted high energy costs upon our citizens. These high energy costs devastate American consumers by driving up the cost of

• Decoding Trump's Energy Policy: What Misleading Terms Really Mean

  Translation: Big Polluters and their elected allies claim that to attain global economic dominance, the U.S. must abandon clean energy and environmental safeguards. Instead, they want to focus solely on increasing the fossil fuel production and exports that pad their bottom line. If electeds _truly_ wanted to achieve “energy dominance,” not just help out their Big Oil donors, they would not try to ban wind and solar and rather double down on giving consumers more affordable, rapidly deployed, [...] A former Trump administration official expressed a desire to repeal the Antiquities Act, which is used to designate national monuments, in order to allow drilling on protected lands (which the industry is not even interested in). Learn more about the presidential power over federal lands and what’s at stake. Unleash American energy ----------------------- Example: “Unleashing American energy to compete against adversaries is top of mind.” (Republican Representative August Pfluger) [...] Translation: One of Trump’s Day 1 actions was to declare a “national energy emergency” claiming that the U.S. is facing “insufficient energy production.” This declaration is nothing more than a thinly-veiled excuse to amp up fossil fuel production in the U.S., which can be attempted under a national emergency declaration. Let us be clear: the U.S. is not facing “insufficient energy production” and is in fact currently producing more energy than at any point in our history. We need to keep

• U.S. energy facts - imports and exports - EIA

  Up to the early 1950s, the United States produced most of the energy it consumed.1 U.S. energy consumption was higher than U.S. energy production in every year from 1958–2018. The difference between consumption and production was met by imports, particularly crude oil and petroleum products such as motor gasoline and distillate fuel oil. Total energy imports (based on heat content) peaked in 2007 and subsequently declined in nearly every year since then. Increases in U.S. crude oil and natural [...] In 2023, imports of petroleum products (such as gasoline and distillates) accounted for about 18% of total annual U.S. energy imports and for about 36% of total energy exports. Total petroleum product imports were slightly lower, exports were slightly higher, and net imports were the lowest on record in 2023. [...] gas production reduced the need for crude oil and natural gas imports and contributed to increases in crude oil and natural gas exports. The United States has been a _net total energy exporter_—total energy exports have been higher than total energy imports—since 2019.